[plug] RedHat vs Debian-internet - gateway to dialup internet on modem

[James Bromberger]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:44:14PM +0100, Michael Hunt wrote:
> create a nice firewall system. My only problem is that there doesn't appear
> to be any that are Debian based and I think that this is a shame given the
> huge developer community for detain and the short time they take to get
> fixes out.
 
Well, you can create a firewall with Debian just as easy as anything else. 
All you need to do is work out what tools you can safely remove, and then 
use nmap to determine what is listening. There is a new virtual package 
that peolpe have been working on called "task-harden", which does a lot 
of this for you: it will remove unnecessary packages and secure things 
down a bit further. Regardless, still sue nmap to probe your firewall 
(on TCP and UDP ports).

 James


7 days till we go to the 1st Debian Conference. Yippee! ;)

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 James Bromberger <james_AT_rcpt.to> www.rcpt.to/~james

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